Adjustable window-shade and curtain-pole holder.



X l ,PATBNTBD 8881810.15908. c. w. 888888, 88.88 G. H. 11883888.

lADJUSTABLE WINDOW SHADB'AND 'CURTAIN POLE HOLDER. y i l APLmATIQN FILED J-Um. 1, 1907.

cI-iARLEs w. DRAPER, JR., AND GEORGE H. DRAPER, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

ADJUSTABLE WINDOW-SHADE AND CURTAIN-POLE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

v Application filed .Tune 1, 1907. Serial No. 376,763.

To all when@ 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES W. DRPR, l

Jr., and GEORGE H. DRAPER, `citizens of the United States of America, residing at Detroit,-

in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, .have invented certain new andvusefulV Improvements in Adjustable Window-Shade and'Curtalin--Pole Holders, ofwhich the folraised or offset between the `right angles to the plane of the base.

llowing is a' specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This vinvention relates to means for supporting c'urtainpoles 'and vwindow shade rollers, and especially to combination'ixtures adapted for carrying both pole and roller, and provided withadjusting means accommodating dierent conditions of service.l

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth, and more particularly set 4forth inthe appended'claiins.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1- is a view'in perspective of a fixture embodying .the main features 'of the invention. Fig. 2

1s a view in front elevation of a xture of slightly modified forni, adaptable for use as a central bracket .between double windows.

or the like.' Fig. 3 is a Viewv in 'detailof a shade roller bearing-bracket- Fig.- 4 is a'view of one form of pole bracket seat. In the preferred forni of construction as herein illustratedJ the body of the fixture is struck out of a single piece of sheet metal. 1n the drawings 1 represents the base othe body, a narrow strip perforated at each 'end to receive screws or nails 2, by which it may be horizontally secured against the face ofa window casing 3. The base is struck up, perforations, for thegreater portion of its length, and a' longitudinal slot 4, extends from 4end to yend of the raised part.

A pole bracket arin 5 extends obliquely upward and outward from the base. Where the fixture is for use at the outer corner of a blank at one end of the' base into a plane ag the fixture is to be used between the casings of double windows as a center support for a single pole bridging both casings,.the bracket arm springs from the upper central Inarginal portion of the base, as in Fig. 2, the sheet metal blank being given a quarter turn to bring the arm into transverse relation with the base plane. To support the inner ends of two separate poles over a double window,

a bracket arm may be formed at each end of the base.

A pole seat is formed at the upper end of the bracket arin 5. An outward lateral extension 6 a little below the upper extremity of the arm, has a longitudinal slot 7. The horizontal arm 8 of an- L-shaped piece.9 is adjustably' clamped against the lateral extension 6, by a stud 10- in the arm 8 passing through the slot 7, having a hand bur or butter-ily nut 11 on its outer end, lugs 12 being struck -up on the arm to engage the slot and prevent vertical displacement. The upright arm 14 of the piece 9 corresponds to the part .of the bracket arm 5 above the lateral extension 6, and the inner adjacent edges of the arm and bracket are adapted to form a seat or half-socket for a round pole, adjustable for rods of different diameters.

An alternative form of construction is that shown in Fig. 4, in which the upper part of the bracket arm is forked, the inner conveiging faces 'l5 beingserrated, if desired, forning in eiiec't an uprightA alligator wrench, which secures the pole.

A shade roller bracket 17 has sliding engagement with the slot 4 of the base. In the preferred construction, this consists of an angle bracket, 0r properly shaped piece of sheet metal bent at right angles etween its ends, the outer yarm 18 being provided near its extremity with a suitableV caring socket or ap erture `19, and the inner ar1n20 being a'djiist- Vably clamped flat against the base by a stud 21 passing through the'sl'ot 4, having on its outer endv a hand-bur or butter-ily nut 22.

Lugs 23 are struck up 'and bent out of the inner arm into sliding engagement with the groove 4 to hold the parts in alinement, the necessary* adjustments for width are thus easily made, the fixture is simple and holds the parts securely, be readily' and 'cheaply formed up of sheetmetal, .as herein illustrated,or constructed of cast metal if desired.

. It is obvious that the -design and .construction of the ixture may be varied withand the parts mayk out departing from the spirit of our invention, and we do not desire to limit ourselves to any particular form or arrangement of parts.

We claim as our invention 1. A combined curtain roller fixture. comprising a posed base, longitudinal y slotted for the major4 portion o'f its length, a" bracket arm exole and shade i lliorizontally distending obliquelyiup and out from the base r in a plane vertical to the plane of the base,

havin an loutward tlongitudinally slotted, latera extension near its upper end, and an arm adjustably secured in the slot, .forin ing a pole seat with the upright portion of the arm above the extension, andl a shade roller bracket adjustably secured inthe slotted 'base 'provided with a shade roller bearing.

2. A combined curtain ole and l.shade roller fixture comprising a single piece sheet metal. body havin a narrow horizontally disosed base odset ger the major ortion of its l ength and longitudinally slotte throughout its offset ortion, and a bracket arm bent at right ang es to the base, extending obliquely u and-out therefrom, carrying a pole seat a justable for poles of different diameters, and a roller bearing bracket consisting of a sheet-metal plate bent at right angles between its ends, one of whose arms is provided with lugs struck out therefrom, engaging the slot of the base, against which it' is clamped senese slottedY extension and whose uprightl arm forms with'the upper part of the bracket an adjustable pole seat, and a roller bearing' bracket consisting of a sheet metal plate bent atA right angles between its ends, one 'of the arms adjustably engaging the slotted base, and the other arm carrying a shade roller bearing.

A combined curtain pole and shade u roller fixture comprising a single piece sheet metal body having a narrowhorizontally disosed base offset roi' the major portion of its ength and longitudinally slotted throughout its offset o rtion, and a bracket arm bent at right ang es to the base, extending obliquely and out therefrom, having an outward longitudinally slotted extension near its up er end', and an L-shaped member whose orizontal arm has sliding engagement with said slotted extension and whose upright armforms with the upper part of the bracket :in-adjustable pole seat, and a roller bearing bracket consisting of a piece of sheet metal bent at right` angles between its ends, one of whose arms is provided with lugs struck out therefrom, engaging the slot of the base, against which it is clamped by a bolt and nut, and the other. arm having a shade roller bearing. i

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. DRAPER, JR. GEORGE H. DRAPER. Witnesses i JOHN HEATON, i

ADoLPii EDWARD Lann. 

